On the heels of the City of Vancouver’s announcement that it will be hiring a music advocate, a Victoria venue owner is encouraging local government to take similar actions to save the city’s music scene.
Renee Crawford, owner of the Copper Owl music lounge, fears that Victoria’s rising cost of living is driving local musicians away, while its isolation on Vancouver Island is discouraging musicians on the mainland from making the trip across the Strait of Georgia.
“We need to keep the musical climate diverse and that ecosystem on the cutting edge of what’s happening in Canada and the United States,”
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